Tagged: Royal Caribbean International

A new wave of island flair has arrived in the Southern Caribbean. With a crowd-pleasing combination of new thrills, guest favorites and top-rated destinations, Royal Caribbean International’s newly amplified Freedom of the Seas has debuted its $116 million transformation in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (more…)

Celebrating a successful 50th year of partnerships marked by game-changing industry milestones, including the introduction of revolutionary destinations such as Perfect Day at CocoCay in The Bahamas and new ship Spectrum of the Seas, Royal Caribbean International has revealed the coveted list of 2019’s Travel Partners of the Year. (more…)

For the tenth year in a row, 70000TONS OF METAL, The Original, The World’s Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise, took Heavy Metal fans on their dream vacation. (more…)

Life is a beach at Royal Caribbean International’s new Coco Beach Club on Perfect Day at CocoCay in The Bahamas. Today, the cruise line welcomes its first guests to indulge in new, one-of-a-kind ways to chill at the private island destination’s newly opened retreat. (more…)

Royal Caribbean has cancelled five sailings on Liberty of the Seas in 2021 due to the need for an extended dry dock, a spokesperson for the cruise line has confirmed to Travel Agent. The cancellations will begin with the February 14, 2021 sail date. (travelagentcentral.com)

Royal Caribbean International’s newest ship, “Odyssey of the Seas”, will deliver a bold lineup of sought-after destinations as the first Quantum Ultra Class ship to homeport in Rome and sail through the Eastern Mediterranean for the summer season. (more…)

Passengers disembarking a luxury cruise ship at the centre of the New Zealand volcano tragedy have told of a desperate wait for information after fellow travellers were fatally caught on White Island on a tour when the eruption occurred. (9news.com.au)

Some of the victims of Monday’s volcanic eruption in New Zealand were passengers from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship. That’s now raising questions about the liability of cruise lines and the excursion companies they contract with. (cbsnews.com)

For all the sunny and calm conditions to welcome the Ovation of the Seas to Wellington on Thursday morning, a gloomy pall hung over the cruise ship, its journey forever marked by tragedy and pain only a few days earlier. (stuff.co.nz)

Passengers from Ovation of the Seas are among the injured and missing people, and at least five tourists have died, after a volcano erupted today (Dec.9) on New Zealand’s Whakaari (White Island). Around 50 visitors were on or near the island at the time of the eruption, and 23 of those people have since been transported to shore, including the five deceased and 18 injured, according to a NZ Herald report. (cruisecritic.co.uk)